Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drive setup at login and locking on logout.
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:17:47
Message-Id: 20200706111724.4a19f02c@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drive setup at login and locking on logout. by William Kenworthy
1 On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 17:05:48 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
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3 > > By the way, the USB stick will have instructions about things after
4 > > I'm buried or whatever.  I plan to keep the USB stick in a safe and
5 > > share the password with the person that will be taking care of
6 > > things.  When I'm gone, they can open the USB stick to access files on
7 > > what to do and such.  Until I'm gone, they won't know what is on the
8 > > stick or have access to it.  Getting older makes one think about these
9 > > things.  :/  External drives will have things that when I'm gone, they
10 > > gone too. 
11 > >
12 > Paper in a sealed envelope in a safe (bank safety deposit box etc) ...
13 > too many things to go wrong with an encrypted USB.
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15 I too have a USB stick in the safe, but it's not encrypted. As you say,
16 too much to go wrong that way. I actually use 2 sticks, just in case one
17 of them corrupts.
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21 Neil Bothwick
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23 Barnum was wrong....it's more like every 30 seconds!